Question

I’m developing a JavaScript extension for Chromium and my current workflow is:

1. Edit file
2. Uninstall old file
3. Install new file
4. Test file

Is there a quicker way of doing this?

I’m using chromium-browser_5.0.375.125 in Ubuntu 10.04.

Answer 1

1. Load your extension into Chromium
2. Find your extension’s ID:
   1. Go to the extensions page chrome://extensions/
   2. Click + Developer Mode
   3. Scroll down to your extension and look at the ID: field
3. Open ~/.config/chromium/Default/Extensions/ID/VERSION/script.js in a text editor
4. Now simply edit, save, and test

For a pure JavaScript extension the version number should be 1.0.